Identifier
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08THEHAGUE596
2008-07-16 06:20:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy The Hague
Cable title:
NETHERLANDS/HORN OF AFRICA: FIVE MILLION EUROS IN
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SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/HORN OF AFRICA: FIVE MILLION EUROS IN
AID PLEDGED
REF: A. STATE 69644
¶B. THE HAGUE 199
Emboffs delivered reftel points to Dutch MFA contacts Alle Dorhout,
head of West Africa and Horn of Africa Affairs, and Peter Flik, head of
Humanitarian Aid Division. The Netherlands supports increased
humanitarian aid in the Horn of Africa. Dutch Development Minister
Bert Koenders pledged an additional five million Euros on June 27 for
Ethiopia, considered a "Development Partner" along with Kenya. Two
million Euros will go directly to malnourished children through UNICEF.
This is on top of the 4.05 million Euros the Netherlands has already
guaranteed for Emergency Program Funding to Ethiopia. The Dutch also
sent a letter to the Ethiopian government asking for unrestricted acces
for all aid organizations. Aid to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somali
is 9.7% of the 202.5 million Euros the Netherlands dedicates to
Emergency Program Funding world wide.
Gallagher